Word

עָרַץ

ʻârats · H6206 · Hebrew · 15 occurrences

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Meanings

to be terrified

Process by which humans experience an extreme fear

Examples
Deuteronomy 1:29 “But I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, nor fear them.
to terrify, to cause terror

Causative process by which humans or deities inspire an extreme fear in (other) humans

Examples
Isaiah 2:19 People will go into caves of the rocks And into holes in the ground Away from the terror of the LORD And the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.
terrible, dreadful

State in which deities inspire an extreme fear in others

Examples
Psalm 89:7 A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, And awesome above all those who are around Him?

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

14 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 4
Not stated: you (one person) 4
Not stated (infinitive) 3
אֵלGod, god 1
Not stated: I 1
Not stated: they 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 4 groups

אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 2
הָמוֹןmultitude, tumult, abundance 1
אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
עָלֶהleaf 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 2 groups

מִןfrom+ פָּנִיםface, presence, before 3
בin/on/with+ סוֹדcouncil 1

With adverbsAdverbs

6 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 3
אַלnot, do not 3

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כֶםyou 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 3

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Afraid002001002001: עָרַץ is used repeatedly in the exhortation not to be terrified, as in Deuteronomy 1:29, 7:21, 20:3, 31:6, and Joshua 1:9.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

עָרַץʻârats · H6206עָרִיץ ʻârîyts · H6184 · mighty, violent, ruthless · 20×מַעֲרָצָה maʻărâtsâh · H4637 · terror · 1×עָרוּץ ʻârûwts · H6178 · gully, stream bed · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6206. arats [עָרַץ] verb cause to tremble, tremble (in terror, or awe) (compare Arabic…

H6206. arats
[עָרַץ] verb cause to tremble, tremble (in terror, or awe) (compare Arabic quiver, flicker; Syriac come upon suddenly or violently, PS under the word passim; compare Egyptian ±u-ra-¼-au(t), they terrified (= ערצו) WMMAs.u.Eur.76); —
Qal Imperfect2masculine singular תַּעֲרֹץ Deu 7:21 +; 2 feminine singular תַּעֲר֑וֺצִי Isa 47:12; Isa 47:1singular אֶעֱרוֺץ Job 31:34, etc.; Infinitive construct עֲרֹץ Isa 2:19 +; —
1 cause to tremble (i.e. strike with awe) with accusative הָאָרֶץ Isa 2:19, Isa 2:21 (subject ׳י; insert probably also Isa 2:10); ׳תַּע נִדָּף הֶעָלֶה Job 13:25 wilt thou strike with awe the driven leaf ? absolute cause trembling = inspire awe Isa 47:12 (of Babylonian ), Psa 10:18.
2 intransitive tremble, feel dread (D), Deu 1:29; Deu 7:21; Deu 20:3; Deu 31:6; Jos 1:9; with accusative Job 31:34 because I stood in awe of the great multitude.
Niph`al Participle נַעֲרָץ אֵל Psa 89:8 El, terrible in the company of the holy ones (|| נוֺרָא).
Hiph`il 1. regard, or treat, with awe, as awful:2masculine plural תַעֲרִ֑יצוּ וְלֹא Isa 8:12 (accusative מוֺרָאוֺ); 3 masculine plural יַעֲרִ֑יצוּ Isa 29:23 accusative יִשׂ ׳אֶתאֱֿלֹהֵי.
2 inspire with awe (compare Qal 2); — Participle suffix מַעֲִרצְכֶם הוּא Isa 8:13 he shall be your awe-inspirer.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Afraid15 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0